A study on the five most common physical therapy cases found in the Rehabilitation Department of Capitol Medical Center from January 1999 to December 1999

Date of Completion

2001

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy

Keywords

Rehabilitation Centers

Abstract

There are different kind of cases be seen in any Rehabilitation Medicine Department. For this reason, the authors were led to conduct a study regarding the most common cases treated in Capitol Medical Center Rehabilitation Medicine Department. A descriptive study was used to determine the 5 most common Physical Therapy cases. A total of 755 subjects were included in the study. Patient's chart were used to be able to gather the information needed with the approval of the Clinical Supervisor. Out of 56 conditions identified in the Rehabilitation Department of Capitol Medical Center, the 5 most common PT cases are the following: (1) Cerebrovascular Accident and Low Back Pain which both has 16.56%; (2) Cervical Spondylosis with 13.5%; (3) Osteoarthritic which has 7.42%; (4) Myofascial Pain Syndrome with 5.96%; and (5) Fracture that constitute 5.69% of the total study population. thesr are the most commonly seen cases regardless of age, sex and type of patient. Of the total study population, there were more female patients treated with LBP, Fracture, MPS, Cervical Spondylosis and OA conditions, while male sex predominates in CVA conditions. Most number of cases seen as an out-patients and most common in middle adulthood age group (41-60 y/o). Now that the five most common cases have already been identified, the authors advocate that the basic knowledge be imparted among the patients in Capitol Medical Center concerning the conditions. In this way, people will be educated with ways to prevent the recurrence or from happening to the member of their family.

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